Veteran journalist, Dele Momodu, has suggested why Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike are fighting.
Momodu said the political rivalry between Wike and Fubara
was due to control of Rivers State treasury.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain disclosed this
in an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Thursday night.
Fubara and Wike have been at each others neck since the
governor assumed office on May 29, 2023.
The fight had affected the state House of Assembly, local
government Chairmen, and some state commissioners loyal to both parties.
President Bola Tinubu had intervened in the crisis and
prevailed on both factions to sign a peace-pact.
Despite the peace accord, both parties and their loyalist
have continued the cold war.
Speaking on the fight, Momodu said: “They are fighting in
Rivers because of politics only. They also need the money in Rivers.
“Tinubu has Wike in Rivers. They want him also to get hold
of the state to not only give them votes, but a structure of money, structure
of having direct access to the treasury Rivers State plays an important role in
election in Nigeria.”
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